Letters to the Editor — Feb. 15, 2017
On the county’s water crisis Whatcom County faces a water quality crisis. Shellfish harvesting is conditionally closed on 800 acres of the Lummi Nation’s shellfish beds, and almost ...
Barbara Burrus
Our beloved mother, Barbara Elizabeth Burrus, 91, of Ferndale, passed away peacefully on Feb. 2, 2017 in Lynden with her family at her bedside.
Barbara was born Oct. 6, 1925 in Oakland, ...
Irving Carlson
Irving Carlson, age 95, of Lynden, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017.
Funeral arrangements are pending with Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
Geraldine Kooy
Geraldine Kooy went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 at the age of 92.
She was born near Corsica, South Dakota, to Anna (Vander Tuin) and William Likkel. She ...
Mark Vermeulen
Mark Vermeulen, age 65, passed away on Jan. 30, 2017 in Boise, Idaho, from heart complications. Mark was born June 13, 1951 in Bellingham where he lived until 2013 when he moved to ...
Dawn Feltz
Dawn Feltz, of Lynden, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 at the age of 63. She will be greatly missed.
Arrangements are entrusted to Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.
Cystic Fibrosis annual riding event March 12
LYNDEN — The sixth annual Melanie Ann Plagerman Memorial Games Show to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will be on Sunday, March 12, at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds. ...
Robert Dodge
Robert Bruce Dodge Jr., age 58, passed away on Feb. 3, 2017 after a battle with heart disease. He was known for a huge heart that was like a teddy bear, having a sense of humor and ...
Macklen Peterson
Macklen Joseph Peterson passed away at home in his parents’ loving arms on Feb. 8, 2017 after a one-year courageous battle against neuroblastoma cancer.
Private burial will be in ...
Vince Hemingson
Norman “Vince” Hemingson, longtime financial advisor in Whatcom County, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 at the age of 80. He was born April 19, 1936 in Portage La Prairie, ...
